Antioxidant status and stress resistance in long- and short-lived lines of Drosophila melanogaster

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 441-463

  Mockett, Robin J ^a   Orr, William C ^b   Rahmandar, Jennifer J ^b   Sohal, Barbara H ^a   Sohal, Rajindar S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Drosophila; Evolution; Lifespan variation; Oxidative stress; Selection for longevity; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HEAT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035097846     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00258-8     Document Type: Article

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